Ricardo Nazario y Colón, Ed.D.

Ricardo Nazario y Colón, Ed.D.

Albany, New York, United States
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- Accomplished Higher Education Administrator with over twenty years of collective…

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  • Call for Chapter Proposals
    Sep 30, 2021

    Call for Chapter Proposals

    Call Proposal October 1, 2021 Background and purpose of the book. Contents 1.

  • Class of 2020?
    Jun 29, 2016

    Class of 2020?

    Can institutions truly welcome the class of 2020 if their four year baccalaureate graduation rate is under 50%? How can…

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  • Question of the day?
    Jun 13, 2016

    Question of the day?

    When will USA based technology systems, allow for the inclusion of accentuated names in back office systems? I.e.

  • How do we perform our best and most authentic selves?
    Jan 7, 2016

    How do we perform our best and most authentic selves?

    I know it is uncomfortable but being you is much savvier than creating an image so others are satisfied. Figure out who…

  • What color is your parachute?
    Sep 22, 2015

    What color is your parachute?

    ♦ The 5 key questions that the applicant must know: -Why are you here? -What can yo do for us? -What kind of person are…

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Experience

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    State University of New York - System

    Albany, NY

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    Cullowhee, NC

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    Cullowhee, North Carolina

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    Morehead, KY

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    Morehead, KY

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    Bowling Green, KY

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    Lexington, Kentucky

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    Lexington, Kentucky

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    Lexington, Kentucky

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    Lexington, Kentucky

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    Lexington, Kentucky

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    Manhattan, NY

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    Borough of Manhattan Community College 199 chambers St.

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    United States

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Education

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    Western Carolina University

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    Activities and Societies: Southeastern LatinX Student Leadership Conference

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    Activities and Societies: Student Organization Assembly, Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc., Delegate Inter Fraternity Council, Black Student Union, Minority Affairs Volunteer.

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    Activities and Societies: Phi Delta Kappa

    Advised undergraduate fraternity chapter.

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    Activities and Societies: Student Organization Assembly, Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc., Black Student Union, MLK, Jr. Cultural Center Staff

    As a student activist I was involved in many discussions that enhanced the college experience for African Americans but also opened the door of other marginalized groups to organize and embrace their full college experience. Building life long friendships with administrators, faculty and staff gave me as a first generation college student the opportunity to learn more about the role they played in shaping the future of students but of the republic.

    I held various offices within my…

    As a student activist I was involved in many discussions that enhanced the college experience for African Americans but also opened the door of other marginalized groups to organize and embrace their full college experience. Building life long friendships with administrators, faculty and staff gave me as a first generation college student the opportunity to learn more about the role they played in shaping the future of students but of the republic.

    I held various offices within my fraternity, including president. I had the honor of being elected president of the Black Student Union and of receiving its highest honor, The Lyman T. Johnson Award. I also served as Vice president for the Student Organization Assemble an umbrella organization of all campus organizations. I was a work study student at the Martin Luther King Jr. Cultural Center and the Eastern State Hospital and was the recipient of the Daniel Pitino Scholarship and the Minority Affairs Spirit Awards.

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    Activities and Societies: Track and Field

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    Attended Fordham University on a track scholarship.

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    Activities and Societies: Track and Field, Cross Country, Clintonian Yearbook, Clinton News, Mock Trials, Anti Graffitti Campaign

    New York State Champion in 3200 meter relay, NYC champion in the 2 mile run, Cross Country Record holder for school; 13th all time for NYC boys. Member of the yearbook staff and News paper staff. Participated in anti-graffiti campaign that help beautify our school.

Licenses & Certifications

Volunteer Experience

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    Advancement Committee, Co-Chair

    NADOHE - National Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education

    - Present 2 years 8 months

    Education

    Charged with establishing and executing the long term advancement and development strategy for the benefit of the organization’s sustainability.

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    Board Member

    NADOHE - National Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education

    - Present 2 years 10 months

    Education

    I am a general board member, assisting with the strategic development and operation of the organization.

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    President

    Appalachian Studies Association (ASA)

    - Present 2 years 10 months

    Education

  • Renaming Commission Fort Bragg

    Fort Bragg Garrison

    - Present 3 years 5 months

    Civil Rights and Social Action

    Panel Member for the Renaming of Fort Bragg. The renaming Commission is charged with developing the process for the Renaming of Fort Bragg in accordance with the Congressional mandate.

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    Advisory Board

    University Press Of Kentucky

    - Present 4 years 3 months

    Arts and Culture

    Advisory Board member for the Appalachian Futures: Black, Brown, Native, and Queer Voices series.

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    Advisory - Fine Art Museum Collection

    Western Carolina University

    - Present 4 years 7 months

    Arts and Culture

    WCU Fine Art Museum Collection Committee. As a member of the committee I provide acquisition advice that would enhance the museum's contemporary art collections by artist of the Americas.

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    Advisory - Honors College

    Western Carolina University

    - Present 5 years 7 months

    Education

    Campus Honors Advisory Committee. Advise the Honors College on matters of policy, operation and ongoing improvements.

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    Advisory Board - Cherokee Center

    Western Carolina University

    - Present 8 years 6 months

    Education

    Serve on the Advisory Board for the Cherokee Center. Provide quarterly feedback on programmatic thrust and suggested changes, evaluate center’s performance, and provide guidance to director.

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    Vice President

    Appalachian Studies Association (ASA)

    - 1 year 1 month

    Education

    Serving as the 2021-22 Vice President and 2022-23 President Elect.

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    Chairperson, Diversity and Inclusion Council

    University of North Carolina System

    - 2 years 1 month

    Education

    Diversity and Inclusion Council. Work with all member institution Diversity Officers to provide advice to the UNC System regarding Diversity and Inclusion.

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    Economic Development Subcommittee Chair

    Governor's Advisory Council on Hispanic/Latino Affairs

    - 4 years 1 month

    Economic Empowerment

    Provide recommendation for the engagement of Latinequis economics opportunities.

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    Chairperson

    Governor's Advisory Council on Hispanic/Latino Affairs

    - 2 years 1 month

    Politics

    Chair the advisory council. Provided recommendations to the Governor's Office of Public Affairs under five categories, Economic Development, Leadership, Education, Health and Safety.

  • Member

    NC SYSTEM RACIAL EQUITY TASK FORCE

    - 7 months

    Education

    UNC SYSTEM RACIAL EQUITY TASK FORCE

  • Mentor

    Gilbert-Chappell Distinguished Poet for the Western Region of North Carolina

    - 3 years 1 month

    Arts and Culture

    Mentored poets from the Western Region of North Carolina.

  • Advisory Board

    Kentucky Native American Heritage Commission

    - 3 years

    Civil Rights and Social Action

    Provide advise, guidance and recommendations to the governor's office and appropriate departments regarding policy and actions for the preservation of Kentucky's Native American Heritage.

Publications

  • School to college pipe-line: Changing the narrative on Black Males and their achievement in education through access to post-secondary education.

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  • Latino/a KC Region III Quarter IV Snapshot: Summary of Hispanic College Student Enrollment & Graduation

    National Association of Student Personal Administrators

    The purpose of this Quarter IV Snapshot is to summarize the previous three Quarterly Snapshots,
    which include information about Hispanic population growth, Hispanic student enrollment in
    higher education as well as Hispanic student graduation rates and Institutional Resource Centers.

    Other authors
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  • Latino/a KC Region III Quarter III Snapshot: Hispanic Graduation Rates and Resource Centers

    National Association of Student Personal Administrators

    The purpose of this Quarter III Snapshot is to provide an overview of the Hispanic/Latino college student graduation rates among NASPA Institutional Members in Region III. In addition, information regarding on campus resource centers for Hispanic students is included. This is the third in a series of quarterly snapshots about the Hispanic population in the states of NASPA Region III.
    Region III consists of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South…

    The purpose of this Quarter III Snapshot is to provide an overview of the Hispanic/Latino college student graduation rates among NASPA Institutional Members in Region III. In addition, information regarding on campus resource centers for Hispanic students is included. This is the third in a series of quarterly snapshots about the Hispanic population in the states of NASPA Region III.
    Region III consists of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia.

    Other authors
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  • Lation/a KC Region III: Quartely II Snapshot: Hispanic College Enrollment

    National Association of Student Personal Administrators

    The purpose of this Quarter II Snapshot is to provide an overview of the Hispanic/Latino college student enrollment among NASPA Institutional Members in Region III. In addition, information regarding tuition benefits for undocumented students is also provided.

    Other authors
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  • Latino/a KC Region III Quarter I Snapshot: Hispanic Population

    National Association of Student Personal Administrators

    The purpose of this Quarter I Snapshot is to provide an overview of the Hispanic/Latino population in NASPA Region III, which consists of Louisiana, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee, Mississippi, Florida, Kentucky and Texas.

    Other authors
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  • Of Jibaros and Hillbillies

    Plain View Press

    "...this new world fraught with enormous new challenges weighted down with inherited old world problems, needs new navigational tools, new tongues unafraid of truth, and new poets with hearts and words almost too big for the treasure chests they beat in. You can find all of that and a hint of raw sugarcane in these pages."

    Frank X Walker
    Editor of PLUCK! The Journal of Affrilachian Arts & Culture
    Author of Affrilachia, When Winter Come and Black Box

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  • The Recital

    Winged City Press

    "How apt a title. The Recital, commonly thought of as a: detailed account or report of narration, public rendering, musical performance, or dramatic experience. But there is nothing common about these poems. Along with storytelling, music making, and revolutionary witnessing, Ricardo Nazario y Colón masterfully straddles the gaping borders of memory, identity, language and intent - offering a simply beautiful complexity, our speaker, Orfeo. And let the church say Amen, hot damn, thank you, and…

    "How apt a title. The Recital, commonly thought of as a: detailed account or report of narration, public rendering, musical performance, or dramatic experience. But there is nothing common about these poems. Along with storytelling, music making, and revolutionary witnessing, Ricardo Nazario y Colón masterfully straddles the gaping borders of memory, identity, language and intent - offering a simply beautiful complexity, our speaker, Orfeo. And let the church say Amen, hot damn, thank you, and gracias."

    Stephanie Pruitt
    Poet -in-Residence, The Curb Center for Art, Enterprise and Public Policy
    Vanderbilt University

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Courses

  • Advance Field Studies

    EPE 763

  • College Teaching & Learning

    EPE 672

  • Education and Culture

    EPE 665

  • Education and Gender

    EPE 667

  • Education in a Culturally Diverse Society

    EDC 550

  • Gathering, Analyzing & Using Educational Data

    EPE 557

  • Introduction to Higher Education

    EPE 612

  • Minority Access

    EPE 525

  • Multicultural Psychology

    EDP 616

  • Organization, Administration of Higher Education

    EPE 676

  • Philosophy of Education

    EPE 640

  • Semester in Higher Ed

    EPE 798

  • Student Services

    EPE 632

Projects

  • SACSA Presentation: The State of Latinos in The South

    This presentation was based on a years worth of research by the NASPA Latino Knowledge Community and its findings of the status of Latinos in higher education within Region 3 of NASPA.

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  • Coal Black Voices

    Coal Black Voices is an intimate mosaic of poetry and storytelling by the Affrilachian Poets as they give glimpses of life in the American Black South and Appalachian region.
    This ensemble of African-American writers challenge simple notions of an all white Appalachian region and culture while drawing on traditions such as the Harlem Renaissance, the Black Arts Movement, and experiences of the African Diaspora. The poetry of the Affrilachian Poets celebrates their African heritage and rural…

    Coal Black Voices is an intimate mosaic of poetry and storytelling by the Affrilachian Poets as they give glimpses of life in the American Black South and Appalachian region.
    This ensemble of African-American writers challenge simple notions of an all white Appalachian region and culture while drawing on traditions such as the Harlem Renaissance, the Black Arts Movement, and experiences of the African Diaspora. The poetry of the Affrilachian Poets celebrates their African heritage and rural roots while encompassing themes of racism and Black identity. In this documentary they give voice to the pleasures of family, land, good food, artistic community, music and transformation.

    Featuring Nikky Finney, recently awarded the National Book Award for Poetry, Frank X Walker, Crystal Wilkinson, Kelly Norman Ellis, Ricardo Nazario-Colon, Paul C. Taylor, Mitchell L.H. Douglas, Bernard Clay, Daundra Scisney-Givens, and Shanna Smith.

    Produced and Directed by Fred Johnson and Jean Donohue, Consulting Producer Frank X Walker

    https://www.ket.org/muse/coalblack/

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  • Established the WCU Campus Chapter of the National Coalition Building Institute, International (N.C.B.I.)

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    Manage the Western Carolina University Campus Chapter of the National Coalition Building Institute, International (N.C.B.I.) a Washington, DC based organization which conducts leadership training throughout the world.

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  • Established and managed the Morehead State University HAVEN sexual assault and violence against women program.

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    Worked with senior leadership to contract, implement and manage the program. Collaborated with vendor, IT, campus wide departments. Employed a variety of strategies to achieve established goals and solved unexpected issues. Achieved over 80% completion and 85% engagement within planned implementation window.

Honors & Awards

  • Commitment to Multiculturalism and Inclusion

    Multiculturalism and Inclusion Office

    For the continual commitment and support of multiculturalism and support to the institution.

  • Greek Life Commitment and Support

    Greek Life

    For demonstrating outstanding commitment and support of the Greek Life community.

  • Evelyn Black Outstanding Staff Award

    Black Student Union

    April 2004

  • Risk Management

    Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc Eastern Region

  • Risk Management

    Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc Eastern Region

  • Risk Management

    Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc Eastern Region

  • Phi Delta Kappa Chapter 1311

    School of Education

    Honor Society for Academic achievement in education.

Languages

  • Spanish

    Native or bilingual proficiency

  • English

    Native or bilingual proficiency

Organizations

  • Appalachian Studies Association

    Vice President/President Elect

    - Present

    The Vice President/President Elect serves as may be required in the President’s absence with all the attendant powers and duties. The Vice President also chairs the Nominations Committee, collaborating with ASA staff to provide: Oversight of ASA's day-to-day affairs in the absence of the President. Foster leadership opportunities and development throughout ASA. Ensure the integrity of elections throughout ASA.

  • University Press of Kentucky - Appalachian Futures Series

    Advisory Board/Editor

    - Present

    The collection will advance a creative ecosystem unrivaled within traditional cultural hubs, creating a space for the voices and stories of Appalachia’s future.

  • University of North Carolina System Diversity and Inclusion Council

    Chair

    - Present

    Inaugural statewide council of diversity officers in the University of North Carolina System. Lead development of system D&I metrics, assess D&I training needs, and support individual campuses with their D&I efforts.

  • Hope for Change

    President

    - Present

  • Carnegie Project on the Education Doctorate (CPED)

    Member

    - Present

    The Carnegie Project on the Education Doctorate is the knowledge forum on the EdD. With a membership of over 100 schools of education in the US, Canada, and New Zealand working collaboratively to improve professional preparation in education at the highest level.

  • Governor's Advisory Council on Hispanic/Latino Affairs

    Chair

    - Present

    Provide leadership to the GACHLA.

  • National Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education

    General Member

    - Present

    Institutional member

  • National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA)

    Member

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    Presentation: The State of Latinos in The South, March 2015, New Orleans, LA This presentation was based on a years worth of research by the NASPA Latino Knowledge Community and its findings of the status of Latinos in higher education within Region 3 of NASPA

  • Southern Association for College Students

    Member

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    Presentation: The State of Latinos in The South, November 2014, Louisville, KY This presentation was based on a years worth of research by the NASPA Latino Knowledge Community and its findings of the status of Latinos in higher education within Region 3 of NASPA

  • Affrilachian Poets

    Co-Founder, Membership Process Facilitator

    - Present

  • Kentucky Native American Heritage Commission

    Commissioner

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    Appointed by Honorable Steven Beshear, Governor of Kentucky to serve on the KNHC. The Goals of the Commission are as follows: To promote increased awareness of the Kentucky Native American Heritage Commission within state agencies. To promote the role and importance of Native American peoples to the history and development of the Commonwealth through teacher education, media relations, and public education. To develop and promote an accurate depiction of Native Americans through media…

    Appointed by Honorable Steven Beshear, Governor of Kentucky to serve on the KNHC. The Goals of the Commission are as follows: To promote increased awareness of the Kentucky Native American Heritage Commission within state agencies. To promote the role and importance of Native American peoples to the history and development of the Commonwealth through teacher education, media relations, and public education. To develop and promote an accurate depiction of Native Americans through media relations, research, and educational programs. To develop programs, events, and materials for and about Native American peoples. To serve as a clearinghouse for information for and about Native Americans in Kentucky. To develop and maintain partnerships between Native American peoples, agencies, and organizations in promoting the goals and objectives of the Commission. To promote conservation and preservation of the cultures, ideals, and artifacts of Native Americans in Kentucky. To promote existing and needed legislation to protect and promote the heritage of Native American peoples.

  • Association for Black Culture Centers

    Board Member

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  • Big Brothers Big Sisters of Lexington

    Member , Board of Directors

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    - Regularly attended board meetings and important related meetings. - Made a serious commitment to participate actively in committee work. - Volunteered for and willingly accepted assignments and completed them thoroughly and on time. - Stayed informed about committee matters, prepared myself well for meetings, and reviewed and commented on minutes and reports. - Got to know other committee members and helped build a collegiality that contributed to consensus decision making. - Is an…

    - Regularly attended board meetings and important related meetings. - Made a serious commitment to participate actively in committee work. - Volunteered for and willingly accepted assignments and completed them thoroughly and on time. - Stayed informed about committee matters, prepared myself well for meetings, and reviewed and commented on minutes and reports. - Got to know other committee members and helped build a collegiality that contributed to consensus decision making. - Is an active participant in the committee's annual evaluation and planning efforts. - Participates in fund raising for the organization (nonprofit only).

  • Epsilon Sigma House Corporation

    Member, Board of Directors

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    This was a working board that was tasked with the day to day management of our real estate investment. The board worked collectively to accomplish the following duties. - Established rental rate by surveying local rental rates; calculating overhead costs, depreciation, taxes, and profit goals. - Attracted tenants by advertising vacancies; obtaining referrals from current tenants. - Contracted with tenants by negotiating leases; collected security deposit. - Accomplished financial…

    This was a working board that was tasked with the day to day management of our real estate investment. The board worked collectively to accomplish the following duties. - Established rental rate by surveying local rental rates; calculating overhead costs, depreciation, taxes, and profit goals. - Attracted tenants by advertising vacancies; obtaining referrals from current tenants. - Contracted with tenants by negotiating leases; collected security deposit. - Accomplished financial objectives by collecting rents; paying bills; forecasting requirements; preparing an annual budget; scheduling expenditures; analyzing variances; initiating corrective action. - Maintained property by investigating and resolving tenant complaints; enforcing rules of occupancy; inspecting vacant units and completing repairs; planning renovations; contracting with landscaping and snow removal services - Maintained building systems by contracting for maintenance services; supervising repairs. - Secured property by contracting with security patrol services; installing and maintaining security devices; establishing and enforcing precautionary policies and procedures; responding to emergencies. - Enforced occupancy policies and procedures by confronting violators. - Prepared reports by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing data and trends.

  • Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc.

    New York State Director, Alumni Chapter President

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